Cicely

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Cicely: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Cicely: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #1,082 in 2005, and it stood at #3,318 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1082highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1168
1997	#1176
1998	#1165
1999	#1216
2000	#1475
2001	#1439
2002	#1151
2003	#1325
2004	#1617
2005	#1082
2006	#1502
2007	#1854
2008	#1206
2009	#1526
2010	#2392
2011	#2150
2012	#2338
2013	#1324
2014	#2464
2015	#2496
2016	#3609
2017	#2502
2018	#2499
2019	#3151
2020	#3117
2021	#2499
2022	#2888
2023	#4056
2024	#3318

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1168 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #1082 among girls in England and Wales, in 2005 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3318 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Cicely by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Cicely in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	65	4 of 10	16
2000sbusiest	166	10 of 10	17
2010s	111	10 of 10	11
2020s	37	5 of 10	7

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 17 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Cicely appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1082 in England and Wales in 2005.

Cicely's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#3318	7	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#4056	5	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2888	8	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2499	10	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3117	7	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#3151	7	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2499	10	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2502	10	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#3609	6	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2496	10	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2464	10	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1324	25	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2338	11	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2150	12	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2392	10	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1526	18	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1206	24	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1854	13	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1502	16	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1082	23	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1617	13	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1325	16	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1151	18	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1439	13	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1475	12	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1216	16	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1165	17	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1176	16	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1168	16	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,082, first reached in 2005.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 25 births, registered in England and Wales in 2013.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
29 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
1unbroken stretch — never absent from the recordUnbroken since it first appeared →
#3,318position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
25births registered in its largest year, 201325 to 49 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Ciarrai · #238, 13y
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Cicilie · #302, 24y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Ahlam · #1082, 29y
Hamda · #1082, 28y
Izak · #1082, 29y
Kadi · #1082, 26y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Ahlam · #1082, 29y
Guillaume · #1082, 21y
Hamda · #1082, 28y
Izak · #1082, 29y

Cicely and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Cicely without appearing here.

Cicely moved ahead of

Tracy Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3117 and #2449 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2499 and #5581.
Kirsten Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4056 and #4056 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3318 and #5891.
Cheryl Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3151 and #2286 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #3117 and #5493.
Donna Compare
In 2016 they stood at #3609 and #2966 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #2502 and #4063.

Moved ahead of Cicely

Dylan Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2888 and #3148 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #4056 and #1959.
Malin Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2888 and #3970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #4056 and #2346.
Diane Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2888 and #3148 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #4056 and #2504.
Liv Compare
In 2013 they stood at #1324 and #1639 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #2464 and #1234.

Moved the opposite way to Cicely

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Cicely went from #1168 to #3318 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Cicely went from #1168 to #3318 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Cicely went from #1168 to #3318 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Cicely went from #1168 to #3318 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Cicely

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Cicely went from #1168 to #3318 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Cicely went from #1168 to #3318 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Cicely went from #1168 to #3318 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Cicely went from #1168 to #3318 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1082 in England and Wales in 2005. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Cicely

Cicely at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Cicely by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Popularity data

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Cicely at a glance

Cicely by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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What the record shows

Where to go next

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Cicely and the names beside it

Cicely moved ahead of

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